Editing Cornbread (section)

===Corn pone===
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Corn pone (sometimes referred to as "Indian pone") is a type of cornbread made from a thick, malleable cornmeal dough (which is usually egg-less and milk-less) and cooked in a specific type of iron pan over an open fire (such as a frontiersman would use), using mostly bacon grease, but later, [[butter]], [[margarine]], [[shortening]], or cooking oil. Corn pones are a staple of [[Southern U.S. cuisine]] and have been discussed or referenced by many American writers, including [[Mark Twain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulgraham.com/cornpone.html |title=Mark Twain: Corn-pone Opinions |website=www.paulgraham.com |access-date=November 7, 2013}}</ref>

In the [[Appalachian Mountains]], cornbread baked in a round iron [[skillet]], or in a cake pan of any shape, is still referred to as a "pone" of cornbread (as opposed to "[[Johnnycake#Hoecake|hoe cakes]]", the term for cornbread fried pancake style); and when biscuit dough (i.e., "[[Biscuit (bread)|biscuits]]" in the American sense of the word) is occasionally baked in one large cake rather than as separate biscuits, this is called a "biscuit pone".

The term "corn pone" is sometimes used derogatorily to refer to one who possesses certain rural, unsophisticated peculiarities ("he's a corn pone"), or as an adjective to describe particular rural, folksy or "hick" characteristics (e.g., "corn pone" humor). This pejorative term often is directed at persons from rural areas of the Southern and Midwestern United States. A character in the [[Li'l Abner]] comic strip, General Jubilation T Cornpone, was a mythical Civil War general from [[Dogpatch]] known for his retreats and imputed cowardice. President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s staffers, who were mostly [[Northeastern United States|Northeastern]] [[Ivy League]] elites, openly mocked [[Texas|Texan]] [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s rural speech patterns, referring to Johnson behind his back as "Uncle Cornpone" or "Rufus Cornpone".<ref>''[[The Passage of Power]]: [[The Years of Lyndon Johnson]]'', pub. Deckle Edge, {{ISBN|0679405070}}, {{ISBN|978-0679405078}}.</ref>